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Instructions
to Governor Carleton, 1775
Document Summary:
Carleton's new instructions follow the passing of the Québec Act,
1774, and contain guidance on interpretation and future governance.
It notes that Canadians should have "the benefit and use
of their own Laws…", but that habeas
corpus is to be required as in Britain.
The Catholic Church and free exercise of faith are to be respected,
but not as "an established Church, for that is a preference,
which only belongs to the Protestant Church of England."
The Jesuits are to be suppressed and dissolved.
The instruction also states that the fur trade in the colony
to be open to all subjects of the Crown.
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